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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The ways I have had to "suffer" are not truly suffering.  All four of my kids have cried at bedtime from the pressure of multiple kids wanting to sit with them at lunch or pair up with them for a class project, or sit with them on a field trip, or having to pick between two different birthday parties to attend. Things like that.  Great problems to have, right?  I probably spend more money on feeding other people's children than a parent of a loner child does.  My kids have complained of other kids always wanting to copy their clothes, shoes, etc.  Sure, they know "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" but sometimes they want to look like an individual.

I have had parents verbally attack me in public for not making my kids invite theirs to parties.  Sometimes I don't even know who their kid is, and will quietly say, "I've never heard [DD] mention that name, I'm sorry," and they'll get loud, trying to shame me into offering an invite to a sleepover on the spot.  So that's how I "suffer".  But again, I can take it, and I'd much rather deal with things like that than have my kids [b]floundering around every weekend without any plans.[/b][/quote]

Not everyone goes out and does something every weekend. You seem like you are imposing your fears of 'missing out' on your child.

My teens are home all the time.  I consider that a good thing. [/quote]

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